Conserved conformational dynamics of membrane fusion protein transmembrane domains and flanking regions indicated by sequence statistics

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2418-2427

  Neumann, Sindy ^a   Langosch, Dieter ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid distribution; Conformation; Flexibility; SNARE; Viral fusion

Indexed keywords

GLYCINAMIDE; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOLEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROLINE; SNARE PROTEIN; VALINE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MEMBRANE FUSION PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SNARE PROTEINS; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79960103520     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.23063     Document Type: Article

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